Crime and Arrests

Investigators with the Spalding County Sheriff’s Department are currently looking into a shooting incident that happened on Saturday Jan. 7. According to Sheriff Wendell Beam deputies were dispatched to the Spalding Regional Medical Center reference to a 10 year old child being shot. The 10 year old was rushed to the hospital by his father from a residence on Caldwell Road. The father stated that his son was playing outside when he came into the residence and told his father that he thought he had been shot.
[Full story »]

Between Monday, Dec. 19, and Wednesday, Dec. 28, the sheriff’s office made the following arrests:
Nikki Albritton Cook, DUI;
Renita Ruth Driver, two counts possession of a controlled substance, possession of a drug related object for use, dangerous drugs not in original container, possession or delivery of a controlled substance with intent to distribute and theft by taking;
Johnny Herbert Dunn, theft by taking;
Diane Marie Gordy, deposit account fraud;
Andre Louis Johnson, speeding and no proof of insurance;
James Clarence Thomas, violation of parole or probation.
[Full story »]

An employee of the Pike County Department of Family and Children Services has been suspended with pay after she was arrested by sheriff's deputies during an incident in Griffin. According to a Spalding County sheriff's report, Jeannie Griggers was arrested for criminal damage to property, second degree simple battery and disorderly conduct.
[Full story »]

Investigators arrested Brent Karr, 33, for burglary Friday, Dec. 2. On Wednesday morning a resident in the Whitfield subdivision called 911 reporting that an intruder had been found in the house. The resident was upstairs when she heard a noise from inside the house and went to see what it was. At that time Karr allegedly was on the steps leading upstairs and turned and fled the residence.
[Full story »]

The burning of the Burousas home in Concord is no longer under investigation after the state fire marshal’s office said the cause of the fire was undetermined. It can no longer be considered an arson and is a closed case, according to Mitch Madaglia with the Office of Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner.
[Full story »]

Accused killer Adrian Thompson was in court Oct. 28 for a status hearing before Judge Tommy Hankinson. Defense attorney Allen Adams said he and his defendant would be meeting in a few days with a doctor to determine what type of hearing system would best help Thompson hear during his trial.
[Full story »]

Pike County sheriff’s investigators recently arrested four burglary suspects in connection with several burglaries in the area last week. Lamar and Upson counties will also have burglary charges against the four suspects.
[Full story »]